Steve Glasgow- NRCS Shanon Phillips- OCC OCLWA 24 th Annual Symposium April 8-9, 2015, Stillwater, OK

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1 Steve Glasgow- NRCS Shanon Phillips- OCC OCLWA 24 th Annual Symposium April 8-9, 2015, Stillwater, OK

2 Conservation Partnership Roles NRCS- conservation practice design, ID conservation resource needs, training, technical and financial assistance to landowners Conservation Districts- relationships with and leadership by local agricultural producers, support to state and federal partners, outreach OCC- water quality monitoring, education and outreach, technical and financial assistance to landowners EPA- financial assistance to partners, validation of wq monitoring results

3 NRCS Water as a Resource Concern Oklahoma STAC

4 Targeted Strategies for Water Quality Identify areas to target NRCS efforts NWQI, IRWI Work with partners to evaluate and select watersheds base on pollutants and potential for success

5 National Water Quality Initiative Goal remove streams from 303d list Nutrients, pesticides, sediments, bacteria watersheds More than $785,000 and 8,400 acres Practices include no-till, grass planting, nutrient and pest management, buffers, brush management

6 National Water Quality Initiative watersheds Estimated $750,000 annually Planning emphasis on removal of livestock from streams, grazing systems, soil health, buffers and animal waste management

7 Illinois River Watershed Initiative Goal: Improved water quality Animal Wastes Sediment Livestock use Accomplishments Over $3 million dollars 27,000 acres Practices: nutrient and pest management, vegetation establishment, animal waste management and storage, grazing systems, riparian area exclusion

8 Improved Water Quality through Improving Soil Health Improved technical assistance capability Foster Systems Approach Commitment to adaptive management Increased Emphasis on Soil Health Good soil health can provide multiple benefits

9 NRCS Soil Health Initiative Objectives Increased awareness, both internal and external Provide technical and financial assistance to producers wanting to improve soil health. Increase adoption and implementation of soil health management systems

10 NRCS Efforts Targeted for Soil Health Building Partnerships State Soil Health Committee Outreach an Education Field Days, workshops Demonstration Farms Training NRCS employees Partners

11 NRCS Programs Targeted for Soil Health Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Planning and Implementation of conservation practices and systems that impact soil health

12 NRCS Programs Targeted for Soil Health Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) OSU On farm research and Demonstrations RCPP - Healthy Soils Statewide Emphasis on soil health demonstration farms acres farms; 5 regions across state EQIP and state partner funds (agencies, producer groups, seed companies)

13 NRCS Programs Targeted for Water Quality and Soil Health Two RCPP Projects Elk City Lake Middle and Lower Neosho (above Grand Lake) Improving water quality with secondary focus on soil health EQIP and 319 funds leveraged; two states and multiple partners

14 OCC Programs- WQ Monitoring Monitor order streams across the state Monitor upstream of permitted discharges, reservoirs, confluences, etc. to focus on NPS Focus on pollutants for which the state has quantitative water quality standards, also includes nutrients Chemical, habitat, and biological monitoring Rotating Basin Monitoring Program Rotating Basin Monitoring Schedule Year 1/ , Year 2/ , Year 3/ , Year 4/ , Year 5/ , Two years of data at 245 ambient monitoring sites every five years

15 OCC Programs- WQ Monitoring Quality_Division/index.html

16 OCC Programs- Outreach NPS-focused WQ education for all ages Volunteer monitoring Chemical, habitat, and biological monitoring Monitors approx. 75 streams statewide Support for stakeholder groups Groundwater Screenings

17 OCC Programs- Outreach Soil Health Education and outreach for Producers, Conservation Districts, etc. Field Days Demonstration Farms Demonstration Tools

18 Implementation Projects: Locally- Led Cost-share Program Funding from Infrastructure Revolving Fund Statewide Each Conservation District receives an allocation based on: demonstrated need past performance Between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000 per year. Districts receive av. $11-$17K /yr Focus primarily on water supply, brush management, pasture/range planting

19 Implementation Projects: Priority Watershed Projects Funding from EPA CWA 319 and Infrastructure Revolving Fund Focused in Priority Watersheds Between $1,500,000 and $20,00,000 per project. Participants receive ave. $10,000 - $20,000/contract Primary practices are conversion to no-till, riparian area protection, alternative water supplies, rotational grazing, and septic system replacement

20 Questions? Steve Glasgow Shanon Phillips vation.ok.gov